NGC 6296
NGC 6296
Illustration from its catalogued shape, not a photograph
Spiral
type · SABb
314 million ly
from Earth · from redshift
81k ly
across
14.2
apparent magnitude
Because its light is 314 million ly from home, you are seeing NGC 6296 as it looked roughly 314 million years ago. The photons left before that much of history had passed, and are only now reaching us. This distance is estimated from the galaxy's redshift, so the lookback time is approximate.
Nearest galaxies
IC 1242Barred spiral3.8 million ly
apartNGC 6378Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6240Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 6220Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical76 million ly
apart
Worlds in the same direction on the sky→apartNGC 6378Barred spiral33 million ly
apartNGC 6240Lenticular35 million ly
apartNGC 6220Spiral39 million ly
apartNGC 6347Barred spiral74 million ly
apartNGC 6375Elliptical76 million ly
apart
Source: structural data (position, morphology, brightness, redshift) from OpenNGC (CC BY-SA). Distance computed by gravityfinder from redshift via Hubble's law (H0 = 70 km/s/Mpc).